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1976 National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30
Sunday, October 10, 1976 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:32:51
Average speed: 141.226 mph
Pole speed: 161.223 mph

Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: 12.2 sec
Attendance: 74500
Lead changes: 26

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Insulation (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	334	22435	running	59	180
2	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	334	22955	running	81	175
3	5	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	334	17069	running	8	170
4	2	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	334	17710	running	106	170
5	14	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	333	9279	running	0	155
6	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	331	20040	running	59	155
7	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	329	6695	running	0	146
8	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	328	9049	running	5	147
9	12	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	328	5575	running	0	138
10	17	36	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	326	3055	running	0	134
11	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	325	5755	running	0	130
12	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Sub-Tropic (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	323	4345	running	0	127
13	13	92	Skip Manning	Gatorade (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	322	3520	running	0	124
14	28	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	319	2195	running	0	121
15	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	319	3835	running	0	118
16	33	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	318	1995	running	0	115
17	16	49	G.C. Spencer	Rowe for N.C. Senate (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	316	1920	running	0	112
18	36	48	James Hylton	Nakato (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	315	3425	running	0	109
19	22	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (David Sisco)	Chevrolet	315	3165	running	0	106
20	34	33	Earl Brooks	Perfection Auto Body (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	314	1595	running	0	103
21	21	19	Bill Dennis	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	313	1385	running	0	100
22	26	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	313	1335	running	0
23	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	Sanford Auto Supply (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	306	2485	running	0	94
24	38	59	Buck Baker	Hadacol / Smith's Auto Parts (H.C. Porter)	Chevrolet	301	1235	running	0	91
25	25	30	Terry Bivins	Baby Tenda (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	299	2085	running	0	88
26	30	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	295	1855	running	0	85
27	39	63	Bruce Jacobi	Ressler Racing (Billy Moyer)	Chevrolet	291	1080	running	0	82
28	27	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	268	1555	rear end	0	79
29	8	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	262	4080	valve	16	81
30	24	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	250	1505	engine	0	73
31	18	77	Johnny Rutherford	Hy Gain (Johnny Ray)	Chevrolet	208	1005	engine	0
32	23	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	189	1465	valve	0	67
33	35	55	Sonny Easley	Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford)	Ford	148	950	valve	0	64
34	29	47	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	144	1435	engine	0	61
35	20	12	Neil Bonnett	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	126	945	engine	0	58
36	6	27	Sam Sommers	Anderson Racing (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	80	1090	clutch	0	55
37	40	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	Dodge	70	1385	valve	0	52
38	11	28	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	59	885	quit	0
39	9	17	Gordon Johncock	Sharpstown (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	41	870	valve	0
40	19	9	Al Holbert	Days Inn (George Elliott)	Ford	7	855	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	7	7
Buddy Baker	8	24	17
Dave Marcis	25	36	12
Richard Petty	37	41	5
David Pearson	42	51	10
Dave Marcis	52	52	1
Donnie Allison	53	67	15
David Pearson	68	69	2
Buddy Baker	70	71	2
Cale Yarborough	72	73	2
Bobby Allison	74	78	5
David Pearson	79	83	5
Buddy Baker	84	84	1
Dave Marcis	85	87	3
David Pearson	88	121	34
Buddy Baker	122	149	28
Cale Yarborough	150	223	74
Donnie Allison	224	234	11
Buddy Baker	235	235	1
Bobby Allison	236	238	3
Buddy Baker	239	276	38
Donnie Allison	277	277	1
David Pearson	278	278	1
Buddy Baker	279	297	19
Donnie Allison	298	302	5
Cale Yarborough	303	307	5
Donnie Allison	308	334	27

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4225
2	Richard Petty	4098	-127
3	Benny Parsons	3914	-311
4	Bobby Allison	3788	-437
5	Dave Marcis	3506	-719
6	Lennie Pond	3494	-731
7	Buddy Baker	3460	-765
8	Richard Childress	3203	-1022
9	Darrell Waltrip	3151	-1074
10	Dick Brooks	3069	-1156
11	J.D. McDuffie	3061	-1164
12	James Hylton	3022	-1203
13	David Pearson	2968	-1257
14	D.K. Ulrich	2962	-1263
15	Frank Warren	2952	-1273
16	Cecil Gordon	2920	-1305
17	David Sisco	2754	-1471
18	Skip Manning	2530	-1695
19	Buddy Arrington	2458	-1767
19	Ed Negre	2458	-1767
21	Terry Bivins	1744	-2481